Objective: This systematic review was designed to determine postoperative complication rates
of radical surgery for rectal cancer (abdominal perineal resection and anterior resection). …

Background Peritoneal adhesions can be defined as abnormal fibrous bands between
organs or tissues or both in the abdominal cavity that are normally separated. 1–3 Adhesions …

Dideoxynucleotide sequence analysis of a spontaneously isolated deletion variant (1714) of
Glasgow strain 17 + of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) demonstrates that the deletion …

PURPOSE: Infliximab (anti-TNF α) has been used for the treatment of fistulizing Crohn’s
disease with variable efficacy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of infliximab …

BACKGROUND: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are commonly used analgesics in
colorectal surgery. Controversy exists regarding the potential association between these drugs …

Objective To determine the incidence of small bowel obstruction (SBO), to identify risk factors
for its development, and to determine the most common sites of adhesions causing SBO in …

This article describes a model of chronic nerve compression in the rat. The sciatic nerve of
adult male Sprague Dawley rats was banded with a 1-cm Silastic tube for varying periods of …

Methods: All patients who underwent an appendectomy at an adult hospital in the Calgary
Health Region between 1999 and 2002 were identified by using the administrative discharge …

The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV‐1) transcripts that can be detected during latent
infection by Northern blot analysis in human and experimental animal sensory ganglia are …

PURPOSE: This study was designed to determine the outcome of patients with Crohn's
disease and indeterminate colitis who have an ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. METHODS: …